Union home minister P Chidambaram and his cabinet colleagues, law minister Veerappa Moily and health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, today held a meeting to analyse the Delhi High Court judgment decriminalising same-gender sex.
Emerging from the half-hour meeting held at North Block, Moily said the trio would submit their report to prime minister Manmohan Singh. "We met today and analysed the judgment and will submit our report to the prime minister," he said.
In what is considered a victory for gay rights, the Delhi High Court on Thursday legalised homosexual acts among consenting adults, holding that the 149-year-old law making it a criminal offence violated fundamental rights.
The government had yesterday adopted a cautious approach and avoided any direct reply on what its next move would be following the judgment. "We need to examine the details of the judgment. Let me examine it," Moily had said when asked about the
government's move following the verdict.
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